In 2005, he was charged with misdemeanor assault on a cameraman. He was suspended 20 games by CommissionerBud Selig for the incident, but the suspension was later reduced to 13 games by an arbitrator. He appeared in 2005 All-Star Game giving up 2 runs in his inning of work.

In Game 2 of the 2006 World Series, Rogers, pitching for the Detroit Tigers against the St. Louis Cardinals, appeared to have a brown smudge on the palm of his pitching hand during the first inning of the game. Fox Sports broadcasters, Tim McCarver and Joe Buck commented that the smudge appeared to be pine tar. The smudge was not on his palm in subsequent innings. The Tigers went on to win the game, 3-1.

In his first year of eligibility for the Hall of Fame in 2014, he received a single vote and dropped off the ballot.